We will be back. I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and also serves as a director for the center for Science Technology and engineering. Thank you for being with us today and we look forward to your comments. Also would like to welcome from ththe centers of Disease Control and prevention with 30 years of Public Health and science and Emergency Response in medical Training Experience she now serves as the Deputy Director for the office of Public Health preparedness response thank you for being here. Next steve munro for the laboratory of science and Safe
I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and also serves as a director for the center for Science Technology and engineering. Thank you for being with us today and we look forward to your comments. Also would like to welcome from ththe centers of Disease Control and prevention with 30 years of Public Health and science and Emergency Response in medical Training Experience she now serves as the Deputy Director for the office of Public Health preparedness response thank you for being here. Next steve munro for the laboratory of science and Safety Centers for Di
Fuel for a fire especially with see. Given a warm day like today, its a really big fire danger and we need to be aware of it. As people travel through colorado, or enjoy the warm weather, we need to Pay Attention to the dry grasses, and make sure that were not doing anything to start a fire. We still dont know what starts this fire in Lincoln County south of limon. The Sheriffs Office just shared this dashcam footage and you can see that a deputy is doing everything that he can to keep the fire from jumping the highway. We have seen a string of firess like this one recently. Somewhat surprising when not long ago there was such a significant snowstorm. The snow that we have on the ground really doesnt provide any moisture for the grasses. The grasses are dead. And if you have emberor anything that starts the fire, the fire will move through the grasses very quickly. Reporter their way to mention the importance of not throwing cigarette butts outside of car windows. Firefighters were jus
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